Outside the Beltway

Realistically, President Trump has very few options when it comes to dealing with Iran and its nuclear program.

It’s still way too early to be predictive, but the latest head-to-head matches between the President and the top contenders for the Democratic nomination.

It’s been three months since the White House held a press briefing. Meanwhile, the President continues his unhinged attacks on the media.

The Toddler-in-Chief has issued an ultimatum.

The city by the Bay is rapidly transforming. Should we lament that?

Passing up an opportunity that other Democrats are taking, Elizabeth Warren is declining to appear on Fox News Channel. This seems like an unwise decision.

Did I leave the Republican Party or did it leave me? Both.

The tumultuous turnover at the top of the Trump team is too much.

In some expert trolling, the Senate Majority Leader decries “mindless, undiscriminating obstruction for the sake of obstruction.”

As it has since 2007, the Democratic National Committee is barring Fox News from hosting a debate featuring the party’s candidates for President.

Cardinal George Pell, the top Catholic Cleric in Australia, has been convicted of sexually abusing boys in the 1990s.

They’ve gotten better at solving CAPTCHAs than we are.

Despite overwhelming calls for his resignation, Ralph Northam is refusing to step down as Governor of Virginia.

President Trump has backed down in his showdown with Speaker Pelosi over the State of the Union Address, but that does nothing to bring us closer to a resolution of the government shutdown.

A preliminary report from Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan found at least 500 Catholic Priests whose abuse of children had been covered up by Church officials.

Three Democratic Senators are suing the Acting Attorney General, asserting that his appointment was unconstitutional.

The White House and CNN have settled the dispute over Jim Acosta’s press pass, but future conflict between this Administration and the press corps seems inevitable.

President Trump’s selection to serve as Acting Attorney General does not appear to be Constitutionally authorized to serve in that position.

For better or worse, here are my projections for the midterm elections.

With less than forty-eight hours to go until voters head to the polls, the odds are pointing to a Democratic House and a Republican Senate.

With one week to go before Election Day, Democrats seem well-positioned to gain control of the House while Republicans seem likely to hold on to the Senate.

Saudi Arabia’s story about the disappearance and death of Jamal Khashoggi continues to “evolve.”

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the Archbishop of Washington, D.C this week, but his letter reveals that he still has a blind spot when it comes to the Catholic abuse scandal.

At this point, corruption, dishonesty, and insanity are just baked in.

Hope Hicks jumps from one pro-Trump venue to another.

A look at the numbers behind the influx of women into electoral politics this year.

Several states are opening new investigations of the Catholic Church abuse scandal. It’s about time.

With the Democratic Primary just days away, Andrew Cuomo’s Democratic challenger in New York is making headlines thanks to a rather odd culinary choice.

Another “progressive” victory over a longtime Democratic incumbent, but this one is a bit different.

A top Vatican official is alleging that Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI were both aware of previously unknown allegations of sexual abuse and chose to allow them to be covered up rather than bringing them to light.

Pope Francis took the rare step of sending a letter addressed to all of the world’s Catholics on the sexual abuse scandal. Words are fine, but they need action to back them up.

A Pennsylvania Grand Jury report reveals decades of abuse by some 300 Catholic Priests impacting more than 1,000 children and 26 of the state’s Roman Catholic Diocese.

Tuesday’s election results were a defeat for the progressive effort to remake the Democratic Party in their image.

The first night of games in the N.F.L. pre-season included some sporadic protests during the National Anthem, and prompted a predictable response from the President.

Republican Troy Balderson holds a narrow lead in a Special Election in Ohio. Even if he wins, though, the way this election played out does not bode well for the GOP in November.

Make it so!

President Trump says he wants to talk to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but his own lawyers clearly don’t trust him enough to allow that to go forward.

The situation isn’t as awful as portrayed by the AP—but it’s still pretty bad.

Donald Trump continues to claim that Mexico will pay for his still non-existent border wall. Mexico says otherwise.

President Trump continues his unhinged, and unsupported by facts, war on Amazon and its owner Jeff Bezos by pressuring an independent agency to raise shipping rates.

The Postal Service is losing billions of dollars, but not for the reasons the President claims.

Mike Pence’s obsequiousness to his master knows no limits.

When it comes to a potential interview with Robert Mueller, President Trump faces risks no matter what form that interview takes.

It’s been 441 days since Donald Trump held a full-fledged Presidential press conference. Does anyone care?

Kyrsten Sinema, the likely Democratic nominee for the Senate in Arizona, is leading all three of her potential Republican challengers. This could spell trouble for the GOP.

In addition to opening up the Speakership, there’s a legitimate possibility that Wisconsin-11 flips to the other party.

Controversies involving Jimmy Kimmel and “The Simpsons” highlight a perennial question.

The network’s longtime “strategic analyst” is “ashamed” of his association because they’ve become a “propaganda machine.”

We don’t yet have enough information to assign blame here. Naturally, that’s not stopping anyone.

Will Bunch wildly exaggerates the Cambridge Analytica scandal.